Introduction of the organized gambling venues or halls over informal betting was another milestone in the history of casino games. Whereas Western Europe tended to outlaw gambling as a vice, other ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

An international team from Tel Aviv University and France’s National Centre for Scientific Research announced that a reanalysis of a child’s skull from Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in Israel provided ...

But the new study also suggests that the ilium underwent a second major change millions of years later, when humans evolved ...

Throughout human history, humans have seen themselves as the masters of the universe — a species destined to dominate the natural world. Yet, ...

Growing up in Medicine Hat, Alberta, about 125 kilometres southeast of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Andre Mueller was fascinated ...

Why can AI drive cars and airplanes, defeat chess masters, yet struggle to arrange dishes in a dishwasher? The answer lies ...

AI conundrum is a story that has been retold for millennia, and the current zeitgeist was predicted more than 30 years ago, ...

The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

The dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic was a major development in the evolution of modern human culture. Although ...

"Clinic facials have become one of the most significant shifts in the aesthetics industry in the past few years," Dr Tiina ...

Why do we trust steady hands in some contexts and risk-takers in others? Evolutionary theory reveals how environments shape ...